A sex difference in field dependence/independence in the absence of vestibular activation and eye movements.
Frame influence on perception of target orientation was investigated using small stimuli presented briefly to central vision. College men and women were equally accurate in their perceptions of the orientations of alphanumeric characters presented without a frame. When the same targets were enclosed in a frame, the performance of women, but not men, was significantly impaired.
Scholan
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Department of Psychology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346.
Smith
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M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009903:Optical Illusions; D009949:Orientation; D011187:Posture; D012737:Sex Factors